History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.t2.327

v5.c74.t2.327

¹⁵⁵¹ तरन्तुकारन्तुकयोर्यदन्तरं रामह्रदानां च मचक्रुकस्य । एतत्कुरुक्षेत्रसमन्तपञ्चकं पितामहस्योत्तरवेदिरुच्यते॥ वनपर्व 83. 208, शल्यपर्व 53. 24 पद्म. I. 27 92 (reads तरण्डकारण्डकयोः), q. by कल्पतरु (on तीर्थ) p. 179 (from the महाभारत). वनपर्व 83 9-15 and 200 show that मचक्रुक was a यक्ष appointed as one of the द्वारपालs of कुरुक्षेत्र by God Viṣṇu Should we not separate the first word as तरन्तुक and अरन्तुक? In the नारदीय (उत्तर chap 65. 24) we have रन्तुक as a subtīrtha under कुरुक्षेत्र. Vide तीर्थप्रकाश pp 464-465 for explanation of this verse, A G p 334 quotes this verse. In Archaeological Survey Reports for India vol. II p. 215 Cunningham quotes the verse as तद्रत्नुकानन्तुकयोर्यदन्तरं and remarks that Ratnuka is the Ratan Jaksha (यक्ष) at the north-east corner of the circuit of Kurukṣetra, four miles to the east of Thanesar